A study conducted at the Technion and Carmel Medical Center reveals a clear link between cell phone use and impaired sperm quality of the user. Men who talk on their cell phone for more than an hour a day double…
Shani Elitzur, a doctoral student at the Technion Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, won third place in the finals of the international Falling Walls Lab competition, which took place this week in Berlin. Elitzur, one of the competition’s 100 finalists, presented…
NewCO2Fuels (NCF), an Israeli start-up which transforms CO2 emissions into a clean fuel that can be sold as a commodity at competitive prices, was announced as the winner of the “Innovation Potential” category during the 2015 International Quality Inno vation…
ReWalk Robotics Ltd. (Nasdaq: RWLK) (“ReWalk”), the leading global exoskeleton developer and manufacturer, announced today the publication of a first-of-its-kind case study in the peer-reviewed journal Spinal Cord Series and Cases published by the International Spinal Cord Society (ISCOS) demonstrating that use of…
Tel Aviv Marathon will take place Feb. 26th 2016. The Tel Aviv Marathon is an annual marathon held each spring in Tel Aviv, Israel, with Charles Clore Park as its starting point. Inaugurated in 1981, it was held annually until…
At Nano Israel 2016, Technion will present a new material. The emergence of antibiotic resistance of pathogenic bacteria has led to renewed interest in exploring the potential of plant-derived antimicrobials e.g., essential oils (EOs), as an alternative strategy to reduce microbial…
From January 31 to February 4, Business France office in Tel Aviv (Embassy of France) will host in Israel the French cluster Cap Digital, and a small group of French startups supported by the French Ministry of Economy. A series…
2015 was a record year for fund raising by Israel’s high tech industry. Israeli tech companies raised $4.43 billion last year in 708 deals, according to figures released today by IVC Research Center and KPMG. The amount and the number of deals…
Special and last Announcement by Prof. Zeev Rotstein “2015 was a year filled with challenges and events – a year with considerable achievements: * We inaugurated the new unit for young oncology patients in the Cancer Center, with the beautiful…
To imitate natural vision, we need a lens that can change its optical power without changing its physical structure. Liquid crystal technology allows us to do just that. Liquid crystal is a birefringent matter that can effectively change its refractive…